nvme_init_sanitize_nvm(9)

📦 version 3.2, in arch rolling

💖 NAME 💖

nvme_init_sanitize_nvm — initialize passthru command to start a sanitize operation ✨

okay so bestie, you're on the nvme_init_sanitize_nvm(9) page from the libnvme API manual, and this whole page is about setting up the passthru command so it can start a sanitize operation 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void nvme_init_sanitize_nvm (struct libnvme_passthru_cmd *cmd , enum
       nvme_sanitize_sanact sanact , bool ause , __u8 owpass , bool oipbp ,
       bool ndas , bool emvs , bool preq , __u32 ovrpat );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • cmd — the passthru command you're using 🫶
  • sanact — the sanitize action; see enum nvme_sanitize_sanact 👑
  • ause — set this to allow unrestricted sanitize exit 🦋
  • owpass — overwrite pass count 🌸
  • oipbp — set to overwrite invert pattern between passes 🔥
  • ndas — set to not deallocate blocks after sanitizing 💀
  • emvs — set to enter media verification state ⭐
  • preq — set to require the sanitize operation to purge user data, as defined by IEEE Std 2883, or fail 😭
  • ovrpat — overwrite pattern 🍓

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Think of it as the setup step: it initializes the passthru command buffer for the Sanitize NVM command, periodt 💅

no cap, preq is the one carrying the IEEE Std 2883 requirement and the "or fail" energy — handle with care 🙈

that's the tea from the libnvme API manual, October 2026 edition, page nvme_init_sanitize_nvm(9) — periodt 💖✨

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